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1998: The Best Gaming Year Ever, Part II – Lists of The Year’s Games, By Genre and Otherwise

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Brian

Here is part II, the second half of my 1998 retrospective.  Well, the second half for now, maybe I will think of more to say in the future on this topic.  I wrote most of this when I posted part … Continue reading →

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1998, Greatness, and the Eras of Gaming

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Brian

I have no excuse for why I didn’t publish anything here in August or September, I just didn’t get to writing anything.  However, this month I have been very busy indeed, writing, researching online, watching video, and playing games for … Continue reading →

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It’s Over. Nintendo Went Through With the Worst Shutdown of a Digital Storefront Ever.

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Brian

I wrote this today, because I’m still upset about this and aren’t over it.  This article has three parts.  First is the longer, about Nintendo’s recent shutdown of digital purchasing on the 3DS and Wii U.  Second is a shorter … Continue reading →

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Me and Lego Castle, Part I: A History, Analysis, and Sets List

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Brian

This is an article about Legos, the toys. I’ve gotten a bit back into them recently. Don’t expect articles like this to be a regular replacement for videogame articles, this is just going to be an occasional thing, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Console Opinion Summaries, Part 2: The Third Generation – Atari 5200 and 7800, NES, Master System, and Colecovision

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Brian

That’s right, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual update to my ‘Console Opinion Summaries’ list!  This took way too long, so for future entries I probably should cut back on the history portions that are done much more completely … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 13: April 2007 – November 2008

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brian

In early 2007, I got a new computer.  While my old one was a 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 384MB of RAM, a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card, and Windows Millenium (which I still love! But anyway.), the new one was … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on E3 2019 – Well, Nintendo Had a Good Show!

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Brian

So, E3 was six weeks ago, and I’m finally getting around to posting something about what I thought. This will be a bit article than the ones I wrote for the last few years, but I do have some things … Continue reading →

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Major Console Save Types List Update

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Brian

I spent quite a while today working on some updates to one of my more important works on this site and elsewhere, my Console Save Types list article that you can find here: https://blackfalcongames.net/?p=147 Here is a copy of the … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 12: Late October 2006 – February 2007

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Brian

In late October 2006, Arena.net started up the second annual Halloween event.  This builds on 2005’s event, but with some new stuff added to give players more to do.  At the same time, Guild Wars Nightfall released.  Yes, Nightfall released … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 11: May – October 2006

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Brian

This will be a long one. In this 73-screenshot article, I will cover five things: the first Dragon Festival in late June to early July and more of release Factions; the first, PvP-only Nightfall beta in late July; the period … Continue reading →

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